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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-4148161

Determan Balk Family Foundation

A private foundation in Lake Forest, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 20 grants and $144,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $144,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $1,458,928

  • Tax year 2024

    $146,040

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $1,478,697

  • Tax year 2023

    $128,758

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $1,589,907

  • Tax year 2022

    $149,258

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,274,813

  • Tax year 2021

    $111,050

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $890,242

  • Tax year 2020

    $150,350

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $978,949

  • Tax year 2019

    $144,254

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $2,028,581

Grants paid in 2025

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Northwestern College of Arts & SciencesEvanston, IL

    Unrestricted

    $25,000
  2. Northern Illinois Food BankGeneva, IL

    Unrestricted

    $15,000
  3. Ragdale FoundationLake Forest, IL

    Unrestricted

    $15,000
  4. Refugee OneChicago, IL

    Unrestricted

    $15,000
  5. Adirondack Community FoundationLake Placid, NY

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  6. Cornell EngineeringIthaca, NY

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  7. Gorton Community CenterLake Forest, IL

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  8. Michigan State UniversityChicago, IL

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  9. Pendragon TheaterSaranac Lake, NY

    Unresticted

    $10,000
  10. Wild CenterTupper Lake, NY

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  11. Upper Saranac Lake FoundationSaranac Lake, NY

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  12. Church of the Holy Spirit Food PantryLake Forest, IL

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  13. North Scott High SchoolEldridge, IA

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  14. Adirondack Rail Trail AssociationSaranac Lake, NY

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  15. Foundation at PCKParker, CO

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  16. Historic Saranac LakeSaranac Lake, NY

    Unrestricted

    $1,000
  17. Adirondack Sky Center & ObservatoryTupper Lake, NY

    Unrestricted

    $500
  18. Columbia Law SchoolNew York, NY

    Unrestricted

    $500
  19. Deerpath Garden ClubLake Bluff, IL

    Unrestricted

    $500
  20. Wbez Chicago Public MediaChicago, IL

    Unrestricted

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $26,00039% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $15,00022% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $10,00015% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,00015% of the total
  5. Education2 grants $6,0009% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois9 grants $93,500
  2. New York9 grants $48,000
  3. Iowa1 grant $2,000
  4. Colorado1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Nathaniel BalkVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Thomas BalkTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lance BalkPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Henry BalkVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Margaret DetermanSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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